A major donation to the University of Kansas Cancer Center for cancer research.

Four-and-a-half years ago, the Kansas Masonic Foundation made a five-year pledge of $15 million through the "Partnership for Life Campaign" to help KU in the fight against cancer. The 30,000 Kansas Masons have now amassed $15.2 million, boosted by a recent $2 million gift from the Mark and Bette Morris Family Foundation. 

The University of Kansas Medical Center has named the research wing of its cancer center the Kansas Masonic Cancer Research Institute. 

The goal is to help the KU Cancer Center achieve the designation of National Cancer Institute -- which would help patients across the Midwest.